Microsoft Word ielts speaking Actual Tests (Sep Dec 2019) and Suggested Answers Version

Do you think most people are able to manage their free time?
Not all! As I said before, many people spend their free time stressing about work and/or the future. Furthermore, since people don’t tend to have much free time to begin with, the only free time they have it spent running errands to prepare for the following week. Moreover, many people tend to sleep in (sleep without an alarm) on weekends and waste the day away, or maybe just watch TV on the sofa all day long. Since many people have to be on call or go into work on weekends, there isn’t much time to get out of town on the weekends, either. Additionally, many people spend all of the free time they have taking their children to their activities, so there isn’t enough time to do what they would truly enjoy. With all of this said, I wouldn’t say most people know how to effectively spend their free time in my country.
What is the difference between the things people did in their free time in the past and the things they do nowadays?
Well, I would say technology definitely plays a role in this. Furthermore, the importance of quality family time is disappearing as the world progresses. Let’s take children for example. I would imagine they used to spend their free time playing outdoors in the past, where now they may spend it staring at a TV screen or playing video games for the entire day. When it comes to family as a whole, I would imagine in the past that they would all have meals together and go out together on weekends, whereas now there is more independence and separation of the family. With more entertainment available now, such as the cinema, arcades, bars, etc., people would rather do this instead of spending quality time with family.